Working in silence presentation

Some of the benefits of studying in silence in the school library.
Lesley Watts (Librarian, King Edward VI School)

1. Sixth Form study period…

2. …shush…

3. …please work in silence

4. Your brain on silence

5. Conscious effort temporarily diverts the brain’s resources … … silence allows the brain to return to its default mode of constant processing.

6. Silence is relaxing.

7. Research into the relaxing effects of music found that a two minute silence between tracks proved more relaxing than the music.

8. An experiment on mice found that two hours silence per day stimulated cell development in the brain.

9. “You cannot ask somebody to be creative in 15 minutes and really think about a problem. You might have a quick idea, but to be in deep thought about a problem and really consider a problem carefully, you need long stretches of uninterrupted time .” JASON FRIED Silence aids creativity .

10. World Health Organisation recommendations: 15 dB rustling leaves 30 dB LIBRARY 40 dB refrigerator hum Silence is good for health and wellbeing

11. ‘If you can hear someone talking while you’re reading or writing, your productivity dips by up to 66 %’. TREASURE (2013) Silence is good for productivity

12. Silence

13. References

14. Raichle , M.E. et al (2001) ‘A default mode of brain function’, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the U.S.A ., 98(2), pp.676-682, doi : 10.1073/pnas.98.2.676

15. Bernardi , L. et al (2006) ‘ Cardiovascular, cerebrovascular, and respiratory changes induced by different types of music in musicians and non‐musicians: the importance of silence’, Heart , 92(4), pp.445-453, doi : 10.1136/hrt.2005.064600